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• Dodge shows customer appreciation with monster truck event

  MORTON Ill -- If watching cars get torn apart and ran over are your thing, Sam Leman's Chrysler, Jeep Dodge dealership is the place for you.

• Pete Vonachen laid to rest

  PEORIA HTS, Ill. -- The man who brought minor league baseball to Peoria was laid to rest Friday. Pete Vonachen was 87, but for a lot of people he meant much more than baseball.

• Community members sign petition to oust Carver Center's board of directors

  PEORIA, Ill. -- The president of the Peoria NAACP said it is the only solution to ensure the Carver Community Center meets its July 27th re-opening date.

• Vonachen's sense of humor remembered at visitation

  PEORIA, Ill -- A visitation was held this afternoon and evening for Peoria's Pete Vonachen, who died Monday.

• Mac & Mac's Pick: "Representative Beefcake"

  OLYMPIA, WA -- Peoria Congressman Aaron Schock has taken some ribbing about being in such good physical shape. Those folks haven't met Washington State Represenative Mike Hope.

• CAT cuts funding to Boy Scouts of America

  PEORIA, Ill. -- The Caterpillar foundation will no longer invest in the Boy Scouts of America because it's recent decision to allow gay scouts didn't go far enough.

• More questions over proposed Wal-Mart at Peoria Stadium site

  PEORIA, Ill -- More details are coming out regarding a possible Wal-Mart Super Center development at the site of the current Peoria Stadium.

• Emergency equipment demonstrated in 8th Annual Expo

  PEORIA, Ill -- More than 20 emergency response agencies gathered at the Shoppes at Grand Prairie today for Peoria County's 8th Annual Emergency Expo.

• Free Dentistry Day in Peoria

  PEORIA, Ill. -- Did you know that one out of three Americans don't have dental insurance?

• Northern Illinois hit by storms

  NORTHERN ILLINOIS -- While we dodged a bullet Wednesday, Northern Illinois was not so lucky.

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